Wednesday, July 7, 2010

"Every single one of us as Americans need to remember that freedom did not come free. As we get on our knees tonight, thank God we live in a country where people are trying to break into, and not a country people are trying to break out of." -Mike Huckabee

Chore-time! It’s something all families share in common. There are tasks that need doing, and children who need training in practical living and personal responsibility. From cleaning bathrooms to mopping floors to preparing food for the family, household chores are a necessary part of every successful home. So how do we equip our sons and daughters, and thereby ourselves, for success in this integral element of home life?

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Read, listen to, and use the Chore-Time and Practical Living Made Fun Collection with your children, and watch how it impacts your family. As you learn and labor alongside each other, your children and you will improve your home’s functionality, grow in your understanding of God’s amazing creation, become better stewards of your resources, and develop a love for hard work—all while drawing closer as a family.

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Perfect as a family reference guide, this 6-book, 2-CD collection is sure to become a treasured resource in your home.

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Oh, it's so much more than that. And I know that in the past, I barely stopped to think about it much. But I think of it ever so much more now that the political climate in our country has changed and deteriorated.Isn't that typical? You don't appreciate what you have until it's gone...hopefully ours isn't gone forever. Maybe Americans will wake up and take back what this country was founded on!?I thought this definition of what the Declaration of Independence means from wiki was good:

It says that all people naturally and equally have certain basic rightswhich come from God, including Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. It says that the most important function of government is to protect these rights. That government has to have the consent of the people being governed and that those people have the right to set up their government in whatever form they think will best protect their rights. That the king of Great Britain and his government were nopt protecting the colonists rights but were taking them away. It then gives a long list of things the British had done to take away the colonists rights, including taxing them without their consent, closing down the colonial governments and sending the army to govern instead, taking away the right to trial by jury, waging war against the colonies and many other things.

Bottom line...America needs to turn back to God.If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.2 Chron. 7:14I leave you today with words from the Star Spangle Banner...

Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early lightWhat so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet waveO'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
***********************************************************Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall standBetween their loved home and the war's desolation!Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued landPraise the Powerthat hath made and preserved us a nation.Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall waveO'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

Our founding fathers knew that worshiping God was crucial to America. May our current leaders find this truth as well.May American bless God--so that God can bless America!